Council defers conditional use vote

BROOKINGS  I disagree with changing the conditional use permit process from its current state, Kelley Tilmon told the Brookings City Council Tuesday.

 When you take away the city council level of the approval process, you take away most of the time and opportunity for public consideration and input.

Tilmon, an associate professor of plant science at South Dakota State University, was the first in a series of speakers  five in all  who appeared at the council meeting to protest proposed changes to the citys conditional use ordinance.